PDP chairmen suspend forum leader over attempt to stop party’s convention

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Forum of Chairmen has suspended Mr Austine Nwachukwu and Amah Nnana, some authorities chairmen of Imo and Abia respectively.

The determination followed their caller actions to get a tribunal injunction to halt the party’s planned nationalist normal scheduled for Nov. 15 and 16 successful Ibadan.

The forum astatine its gathering astatine the party’s office successful Abuja connected Wednesday besides expressed assurance successful the Umar Damagum- led National Working Committee (NWC).

Addressing a quality league aft the meeting, the acting president of the Forum and Edo Chairman, Dr Tony Aziegbemi expressed the forum’s enactment for the enactment to organise a palmy nationalist normal to repositioning the party.

Aziegbemi said that 28 members of the forum astatine the gathering discussed issues concerning the enactment and its forthcoming nationalist convention.

He said that the forum resolved to fortify the enactment and to enactment its enactment to guarantee emergence of caller enactment that would pb PDP to reclaim powerfulness astatine the national level.

He disassociated the forum from individuals that dragged the enactment to tribunal to halt its forthcoming nationalist convention, saying “we can’t beryllium utilized to bring down this party.”

Reading the forum communiqué, Aziegbem expressed sedate interest implicit the activities of definite individuals wrong the PDP who, allegedly enactment successful performance with outer interests linked to derail the party’s nationalist convention.

“Specifically, the forum condemned the actions of Nwachukwu and Nnana who precocious sought a tribunal injunction to halt the convention.

“Their actions were unanimously described arsenic a betrayal of the party’s unity and corporate resolve.

“Consequently, the forum resolved to suspend some members from the assemblage and appointed Aziegbemi, Chairman of the Edo PDP, arsenic the caller Chairman of the forum,” helium said.

He alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) did not privation PDP to person an elective convention.

He said that the forum condemned “undemocratic, desperate, and systematic efforts to intimidate, harass, and coerce PDP leaders including governors, senators and members of the National and State Assemblies into defecting.

“The Forum described these acts arsenic an battle connected democracy, informing that the ruling party’s behaviour is simply a unsafe measurement toward establishing a de facto one-party state, which Nigerians indispensable collectively resist,” helium said.

Aziegbemi who stressed the request for the unity and preparedness of the party, called connected each enactment members, supporters, and stakeholders crossed the state to stay calm, agreed and steadfast.

He pledged the forum’s continued practice with the party’s nationalist enactment arsenic it undertakes deliberate, strategical steps to fortify the PDP up of the 2027 wide elections.
(NAN)

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